TWiV 1185: The birds and the Bs

TWiV explains Guillain-Barré Syndrome associated with RSV vaccines, outbreaks of metapneumovirus in China and India, editors resign to protest Elsevier’s use of AI in publishing, global distribution and diversity of wild bird associated pathogens, and broadly inhibitory anti-neuraminidase antibody from human memory B cells.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

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Weekly Picks 1:36:51

Brianne – Dear Reviewer 2
Rich – National Data Buoy Center
Alan – BBC audio program on the World Morse Code Championships
Vincent – These are the 20 most-studied bacteria — the majority have been ignored

Listener Picks

Peter – Local graffiti in Sydney
Vivian – The Peoples’ Hospital by Dr. Ricardo Nuila

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TWiV 1184: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses current and past outbreaks of “vaccine” preventable diseases including whooping cough, polio and measles with your co-host Vincent Racaniello and the recent increase in norovirus outbreaks, if alcohol-based hand sanitizers aid in the spread of norovirus before reviewing the recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, where to find PEMGARDA, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, if “long COVID” like symptoms occurs after influenza and how long COVID may associate with neurological complicates that control verbal memory.

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  • Notable infectious diseases in US (CDC NNDSS)
  • Get your Tdap: whooping cough case increase (California Department of Public Health) 2:22
  • Resurgence of measles among preschool aged children 1989-1991 (CDC: MMWR) 3:08
  • Adults vulnerable to ‘childhood’ diseases  (NY Times) 2:04
  • Pivotal decision that led to a resurgence of polio (NY Times) 3:31
  • Can polio return due to lagging vaccination? (NY Times) 3:31
  • NoroSTAT Data Table (CDC Norovirus)
  • The discovery of the 27-nm Norwalk virus: an historic perspective (JID) 12:05
  • Why the “Ferrari of viruses” is surging through the northern hemisphere (Science) 10:36
  • Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
  • Norovirus at Chipotle, $25 million food fine (NY Times)
  • Chipotle food issues: 2015 settlement with the justice department  (Chipotle News)
  • Purcel anyone? Hand sanitizers increase norovirus risk? (Canadian Medical Association Journal) 20:10
  • Visualization by immune electron microscopy of a 27nm particle associated with acute infectious nonbacterial gastroenteritis (Journal of Virology)
  • Winter vomiting disease (JID) 15:21
  • ACIP: expanded recommendations for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines(CDC: MMWR) 20:00
  • Presumptive bird flu case in San Francisco (SF. Gov) 22:18
  • Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
  • US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) 23:03
  • Weekly surveillance report: cliff notes (CDC FluView)
  • Antiviral medications for treatment of nonsevere influenza (JAMA Network: JAMA Internal Medicine) 23:58
  •  Xofluza (GoodRx) 23:52
  • RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
  • RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) 30:07
  • US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
  • Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
  • COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
  • COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC) 30:41
  • COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
  • SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
  • Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)
  • EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)
  • Fusion center near you….if in NY (Prime Fusions)
  • CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
  • NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
  • Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)
  • Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)
  • Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
  • Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society)
  • What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)
  • When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
  • Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
  • Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
  • Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
  • Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)
  • Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
  • Symptom evolution in individuals with ongoing symptomatic COVID-19 and post COVID-19 syndrome after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination versus influenza vccination (Journal of Infection) 32:16
  • Neurological post-COVID syndrome is associated with substantial impairment of verbal short-term and working memory (Scientific Reports) 34:53
  • Letters read on TWiV 1184 36:36
  • Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
  • Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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TWiV 1183: More than 2024 viruses

TWiV reviews some of their favorite virology stories from 2024.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Weekly Picks 1:32:20

Brianne – Scientists put vampire bats on treadmills to learn about metabolism
Kathy – Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner, Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words
Rich – Mark Rober on PBS Newshour Brief But Spectacular (Wiki; Testing The World’s Smartest Crow)
Vincent – How Glenn Gould Broke Classical Music

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TWiV 1182: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses how vaccination and vaccine hesitancy affects public health and disease spread in terms of mpox, the first human death from H5N1 in US, why one should not feed their pets raw pet food and the metapneumonia outbreak in China before reviewing the recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, where to find PEMGARDA, how nirmatrelvir-ritonavir/Paxlovid reduces adverse outcomes of COVID in patients with kidney disease, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, SARS-CoV-2 infection affects skin conditions including shingles and if long antiviral treatment affects long COVID.

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  • Mpox vaccination hesitancy, previous immunisation coverage, and vaccination readiness in the African region (eClincial Medicine) 3:04
  • Global prevalence and correlates of mpox vaccine acceptance and uptake (Communications Medicine) 3:15
  • First case of new mpox variant in France (Reuters) 4:05
  • First “Bird flu” death in US (NY Times) 4:51
  • Emerging threat of H5N1 to human health (NEJM)
  • Don’t feed your pets raw food (County of Los Angeles Public Health) 7:23
  • Oregon, nationwide raw pet food recall (CIDRAP) 7:48
  • Raw cat food avian flu, is this like raw milk? (CIDRAP) 6:55
  • Human metapneumovirus surging in China (The Guardian) 9:38
  • Viral video of viral chaos: human metapneumovirus in Chinese hospital (The Economic Times) 9:48
  • Human metapneumovirus in China (NY Times) 10:00
  • Acute respiratory infections including human metapneumovirus in northern hemisphere (WHO) 10:43
  • Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) 13:28
  • US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) 12:40
  • Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)
  • RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
  • RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
  • US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) 13:12
  • Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) 13:23
  • COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
  • COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
  • COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
  • SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
  • Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)
  • EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)
  • Fusion center near you….if in NY (Prime Fusions)
  • CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
  • NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
  • Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)
  • Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)
  • The effect of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir on short- and long-term adverse outcomes from COVID-19 among patients with kidney disease (OFID) 14:35
  • Paxlovid tied to lower risk of hospital stay, heart problems, death in adults with kidney disease and COVID (CIDRAP) 16:09
  • Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
  • Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society)
  • What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)
  • When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
  • Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
  • Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
  • Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
  • Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)
  • Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
  • Chronic urticaria, vitiligo, alopecia areata, and herpes zoster following COVID-19 infection (Journal of Dermatology) 18:02
  • Impact of extended-course oral nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in established Long COVID:
  • (Communications Medicine) 19:50
  • Letters read on TWiV 1182 22:18
  • Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
  • Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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TWiV 1181: Seek and ye shall find, coronaviruses and phage

TWiV discusses an outbreak of influenza H5N1 that killed over half of the great cats at a Washington sanctuary, origin and cross-species transmission of bat coronaviruses in China, and the diverse and abundant phages that enter cells via receptors encoded on conjugative plasmids.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Jolene Ramsey

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Weekly Picks 1:34:24

Rich – Pareidolia (wiki)
Jolene – Pathways to Science database
Vincent – Wendy Carlos and Switched-On Bach

Listener Picks

Arjan – Gutsick Gibbon’s YouTube channel
Alan – 2024 Nobel Prize Lectures in Chemistry

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TWiV 1180: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the recent increase in norovirus outbreaks, human cases of H5N1 avian influenza, before reviewing the recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, where to find PEMGARDA, how effective Molnupiravir is and provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center.

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TWiV 1179: Dark matter and warning signs

TWiV reviews RFK Jr’s demand to revoke polio vaccine, Wuhan lab samples do not include close relatives to SARS-CoV-2, using artificial intelligence to discover the RNA virosphere, and biomarkers that discriminate early and late phases of respiratory virus infections from a SARS-CoV-2 human challenge study.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Angela Mingarelli

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Weekly Picks 1:32:16

Angela – Science’s 2024 breakthrough of the year, Lenacapavir  “the long shot”.  NEJM papers with Lenacapavir trials: one and two.
Kathy – Bach Toccatta and Fugue on floor piano
Rich – Never Cry Wolf
Vincent – Common Raven and American Crow

Listener Pick

Jaan – Meute (one, two, three)

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TWiV 1178: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin deep dives into the whooping cough epidemic and bird flu in big cats, and in conjunction with your host Vincent Racaniello discusses the recent case of paralytic poliomyelitis in Israel, measles outbreaks and HHS campaign for vaccine safety campaign before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, if the COVID mRNA vaccine is effective against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospitalization in children, where to find PEMGARDA, information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, how long COVID effects one’s activities, personality and neuropsychiatric symptoms.

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TWiV 1177: Going to school for flu

At the School for Influenza in Brisbane, TWiV speaks with Kirsty, Erik and Rebecca about their careers and their research.

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guests: Kirsty Short, Erik Karlsson, and Rebecca Cox

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TWiV 1176: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin continues his discussion of whether the mysterious respiratory illness in the Congo is malaria, and in conjunction with your host Vincent Racaniello discusses how routine childhood immunizations especially that against poliovirus are threatened by Robert F Kennedy Jr and Aaron Siri, the origin of the SAR-CoV-2 virus and retraction of Didier Raoult’s research, then returns to discussing the first case of severe disease following H5N1 infection in humans and the state of California’s “bird flu emergency”, the benefit of the measles vaccine, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, how vaccination reduced hospitalization of children between 5-17 years, the ACIP recommendation for the immunocompromised, where to find PEMGARDA, information for Columbia Unversity Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, long COVID in cancer patients and the physical malaises of long COVID.

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Brianne Barker, Ph.D.


Rich Condit, Ph.D.


Dickson D.
Despommier, Ph.D.


Alan Dove, Ph.D.


Daniel Griffin, M.D.,
Ph.D., CTropMed CTH


Angela Mingarelli, DVM


Jolene Ramsey, Ph.D.


Kathy Spindler, Ph.D.


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